2024 Fishing for Freedom - Quincy Event
This is a sample schedule from last year's event (2024). We will be updating this page in the months leading up to the 2025 event.
Dates for 2025 are May 30 - June 1, 2025
Itinerary
Friday, May 31, 2024
Meet & Greet
(optional – good opportunity to meet with partner & make plans for the weekend)
Oakley Lindsay Center (300 Civic Center Plaza Quincy, IL 62301)
4pm – 8pm*
*Check-In will end at 7pm
Menu: Pulled Pork & Chicken (Bun), Mac & Cheese, Baked Beans, Assorted DessertsSaturday, June 1 2024
Pre-Fish
Great opportunity for Boater & Warrior to get to know each other
You will need to make your own arrangementsCheck-In (2 options)
Mark Twain Lake Fairbridge Inn Express 8am – 10am
The Atrium on Third (201 S. 3rd St., Quincy, IL 62301) 7am – 10amIllinois Veterans Home Fishing Tournament – for Veterans Home Residents
1707 N 12th St Quincy, IL (will need to use 8th St or 5th St entrance due to construction)
8:15-8:30am – Volunteers arrive
8:45-9:15am – Volunteers bring Veterans to the pond
9:30am – National Anthem, Presentation of Colors, fishing follows
Lunch & Awards once fishing has concluded
**If anyone that isn’t fishing Saturday morning/afternoon wants to help an IL Veterans Home resident fish on the pond on their property, please register as a volunteer on our website: https://fishingforfreedomquincy.org/registration/volunteer/Lunch
A lunch will be served at the conclusion of our Veterans Home Fishing event (mentioned above). Boater and Warrior participants are welcome to attend the lunch and, if compelled to do so, sign up as a volunteer to bring a Veterans Home resident to the property’s pond to fish. If you would like more information, please email us at fffquincy@gmail.com.
Heroes Banquet
The Oakley Lindsay Center (300 Civic Center Plaza Quincy, IL 62301)
Doors will Open at 4PM; Opening ceremony will begin at 4:40PM
Dinner is followed by raffles and the auction
(This event is free for Boaters, their spouses, and their young children)
Menu: Brisket, Cheesy Mashed Potato, Green Beans, Honey Corn Bread, Dessert**Please Note: Registered participants are required to attend
the Banquet on Saturday evening and the Fishing Rodeo on SundaySunday, June 2, 2024
Shuttles
3:30am The Atrium on 3rd parking lot; Bus needs to be loaded by 3:45am
Shuttle 1: Atrium Hotel to Mark Twain Lake Hwy 107 Ramp
Shuttle 2: Atrium Hotel to Hamilton, IL/Chaney Creek boat ramp
Warriors from Quality Inn, Microtel, Stoney Creek, or the Holiday Inn will need to provide their own transportation to the Atrium’s parking lot or make arrangements with a FFF Board Member for assistance (Microtel & Quality are within walking distance).
Shuttles should arrive at both locations around 5amFishing Rodeo
Fishing from 6am-11am/11:30am/12pm
You may launch your boat at any open public ramp within the body of water you have specified to fish at check-in, but must be at your weigh-in location no later than 12pm** to avoid weight penalties
**If fishing Mississippi Pools 19-20 or Dralle, please take notice of the earlier weigh-in time listed below, you must be at the weigh-in location no later than the time listed belowWeigh-In Locations:
- Mississippi Pools 21-24 - Kesler Park (Bonansinga Dr) Quincy, IL 12:00pm
- Mississippi Pools 19-20 - Chaney Creek Boat Launch Hamilton, IL 11:30am
- Mark Twain Lake - Hwy 107 Ramp Stoutsville, MO 12:00pm
- Dralle Lake 11:00am
Lunch
Lunch will be available at the Quincy Riverfront for a free will donation
Awards Ceremony
~3pm Immediately after the final convoy makes its way through the Quincy weigh-in line
Lodging Information
Lodging requirements for our qualified Warrior and Boater participants will be paid for in full by Fishing For Freedom - Quincy sponsors and donors.
Warriors must live more than 30 minutes from Quincy and Boaters must live more than 1 hour from Quincy to qualify for a paid room. Our registration committee will contact you with your lodging information in March.
If you have any special needs or accessibility issues, please make sure to make a note of it in the comments block on the registration form, or send us an email. There will be several special needs accessible rooms available.
If your plans change and you are unable to attend the event after making your reservation, please contact our registration committee and the hotel to cancel your reservation.
Lodging is available for Boaters that live greater than one hour away from Quincy, Illinois or Mark Twain Lake area at several different hotels in the Quincy area. Some of the locations are within view of the Mississippi River. Those that specify that a room is needed and meet the distance requirement will receive a couple of options from the registration committee of which hotels we have a block of rooms saved for the event. Registered Warriors and Registered Boaters are responsible for making their own individual reservations.
